Join our fun, skill-building programs guided by skilled instructors who are specially trained to teach pre-teens, teens and young adult groups during overnight camps. We ran our first overnight summer camps in the spring and summer of 1998, and we now offer a host of camps for kids, adults and family.
Our hallmark 6-1 average student-teacher ratio ensures profound outdoor experiences that will become some of the best memories in life. It’s our passion to reveal the secrets of nature still hidden in plain sight all around our homes and in the wilderness. And it’s our mission to teach campers practical life skills in the outdoors. Now more than ever, young people need real connections to nature, as well as skills of resiliency and healthy living as they face everything the future holds.
Voted Best Wild Nature Day Camp in the last Golden Teddy Awards run by parentmap.com surveying the Puget Sound Region.
June 28 – July 2, 2027 Taste of the Wilderness Overnight Sampler Camp for ages 9-16 has no prerequisite and runs from Monday 9am – Friday 4pm. Itinerary will follow a schedule similar to the Wilderness Skills Sampler day camp running simultaneously on site this week. Cost is $1,275* if this is your first-ever overnight camp with us, or $1,175 if it’s your second or you were on the waitlist for this camp last year, $1,075 if it’s your third, or $975 if it’s your fourth or more, including any applicable taxes. *Please note that this is the only overnight camp available with no prerequisite, and if your family has never attended any camp program with us before, there is an additional $100 registration processing fee (one per family) reflecting the administration time we spend ensuring that the Taste of the Wilderness camp is a good fit for your camper – the fee (and your deposits) are fully refundable if we recommend against attending this year.
July 5-9, 2027: Out-of-this-World Wilderness Camp near Mt. Rainier from Monday 12 noon – Friday 5 pm for ages 11-16, with prerequisite of at least one of our overnight camps or two of our day camps, runs simultaneously with the Advanced Wilderness Education & Survival Training for ages 12-17 who have attended the Out-of-this-World Wilderness camp before. Cost this week is $1,175 if this is your first overnight camp with us, or $1,075 if it’s your second, $975 if your third overnight or you did a camp with us in this location in a previous year, or $875 if qualified to attend the Advanced Training, including any applicable taxes and fees. This is also the only week you’ll need to budget for your own camping food and backpacking gear.
August 2-6, 2027: Archers, Artists & Artisans at Lake Sammamish for ages 11-16 from Monday 9am – Friday 4pm, with prerequisite of at least one of our prior overnight camps, or three of our day camps and/or family workshops. Cost is $1,375 if this is your first-ever overnight camp with us, or $1,275 if it’s your second, $1,175 if it’s your third, or $1,075 if it’s your fourth, or $975 if it’s your fifth or more, including any applicable taxes and fees.
August 9-13, 2027 World of Plants – Wild Chefs & Herbal Medics at Lake Sammamish for ages 9-16 from Monday 9am – Friday 4pm, with prerequisite of at least one of our prior overnight camps, or successful completion of an herbal wildcrafting day camp or family workshop with us, or the Wilderness Skills Sampler day camp and at least one other program with us prior to this week. Cost is $1,175 if this is your first overnight camp with us, or $1,075 if it’s your second overnight camp with us, $975 if it’s your third or more, including any applicable taxes and fees.
August 9-13, 2027 World of Animals – Tracking Bugs, Birds, Bobcats, Bears & Beyond runs simultaneously at Lake Sammamish for ages 9-16 from Monday 9am – Friday 4pm, with prerequisite of at least one of our prior overnight camps, or successful completion of a wildlife day camp or family workshop with us, or the Wilderness Skills Sampler day camp and at least one other program with us prior to this week. Cost is $1,175 if this is your first overnight camp with us, or $1,075 if it’s your second overnight camp with us, $975 if it’s your third, $875 if it’s your fourth, or $775 if it’s your fifth or more, including any applicable taxes and fees.
August 16-20, 2027 Secrets of the Ancient Scout overnight camp at Lake Sammamish for ages 11-16 runs from Monday 9am – Friday 4pm, with prerequisite of at least one overnight camp with us prior to this week and no exceptions; the Advanced Zombie Apocalypse Survival Challenge overnight camp for ages 12-17 runs simultaneously, with two prerequisites including • Secrets of the Ancient Scout in prior years, and the • Out-of-this-World Wilderness Camp this year or in prior years. Cost this week is $1,175 if this is your second-ever overnight camp with us, $1,075 if it’s your third, $975 if it’s your fourth, $875 if it’s your fifth or more, or $775 if you already completed Zombie Apocalypse once before and want to repeat a scout or zombie group, including any applicable taxes and fees.
August 23-27, 2026: Epic Subsistence Fishing Trip starts on Monday morning at the Puyallup River, travels to the Salish Sea, and ends on the Pacific Coast before returning to Blue Skye Farm in Puyallup for a Friday evening fish feast, for ages 10-16 with prerequisite of at least one overnight or day camp with us prior to this week. Cost is $1,975 if this is your first overnight camp with us, $1,875 if it’s your second, $1,775 if your third, $1,675 if fourth, $1,575 if your fifth, or $1,475 if it’s your sixth or greater overnight camp with us, including taxes and fees.
Camp Leaders
Kim or Chris Chisholm will be on site all week directing staff instructors at our hallmark 6-1 average student-teacher ratio that’s so critical for safe and profound outdoor experiences. Read our FAQ’s for more details and check out camp testimonials dating all the way back to 1997.
Tuition
See above for tuitions ranging from $775 – $1,975 depending on the week and how many overnight camps you’ve attended. Discounts are available for additional family members and referring new camp families who successfully register. If needed to attend a camp week of your choice, click here to apply for financial aid from the Max Davis Scholarship Fund. All expenses are included for camps starting Mondays at Lake Sammamish, although for camps in the Mount Rainier area, you will need to purchase camping food, cook stoves, and other backcountry gear as part of your camper’s wilderness skills training.
Registration Process
STEP 1 – Reserve your spots in camp with $250 deposits per overnight camp week via one of the following methods:
• Zelle using our email address with that extra “e” on skye plus try to add a note including camper name/age, camp start date/theme, plus your CONTACT INFORMATION (phone number is fine if system doesn’t allow sharing email) if we don’t already have your info since Zelle doesn’t automatically share that with us, or follow up right away with an email;
• Or use Venmo to @Chris-Chisholm-13 but again, try to add your contact information, camper name, program theme and dates, or follow up via email;
• Or use Credit Card or Apple Pay by clicking here and consider adding 3% using this payment method ($7.50 on $250 deposit) if affordable;
• Or call us between 9am-9pm at 425-248-0253 with a credit card to register over the phone;
• Or use PayPal system appearing below after January 1st.
STEP 2 – If this is your camper’s first year with us, complete our once-in-a-lifetime Registration Form (Google Doc or Word Doc or PDF) within one week of making your deposit. If your camper has attended Wolf Camp in the past, a new registration form is not needed. *If you are registering for the Taste of the Wilderness Overnight Skills Sampler Camp and this is your first-ever program with us, and additional application questionnaire and zoom chat also will be scheduled.
STEP 3 – Pay balance during your summer camp weeks. We’ll email you an invoice this spring with camp prep info and balance payment options. All payments are non-refundable unless we refuse your registration. However, if you cancel (at any time for any reason is fine) we will save your payments as credit for you to use in future years, or you can choose to have us move the funds into our scholarship account if you prefer. The best practice is to make the minimum deposits to register, and then wait to pay the remaining balances during summer, but you are also welcome to pay your balance in advance if you prefer.
Refund Policy: Payments are not refundable unless we don’t accept your application. If you cancel for any reason, you may receive a full credit good through the following calendar year on appropriate and available programs listed on our schedule, although an additional deposit may be needed to secure your spot in the future program. If a program you sign up for is canceled and not rescheduled at a time you can attend, you may receive a full refund except in cases of natural (weather, geologic, wildfire, etc) disasters, grid failures, epidemics, government shutdowns, conflicts or curfews, or other unforeseen emergencies making it unsafe for staff and/or attendees to reach or use program locations, in which case all payments made will be held by us without expiration date for your future use in appropriate/available programs of your choice. Reasons include the expenditure of funds (property rentals, advertising, materials, admin staff time, etc.) long before programs take place, i.e. deposits make it feasible for Wolf Camp to schedule programs in the first place, but our mutually understood agreement is that Wolf Camp will run the program at the safest available time in the future. Finally, no refund, nor credit, is given if a participant is a no-show without prior notice, or asked to leave a program for inappropriateness as determined by our kids, youth and adult agreements for participation.
Camp Preparation: Agreements, Packing List, Health Protocols and FAQ’s
Recommended Packing List for Overnight Camps at Lake Sammamish (or click on your camp week for specialized packing lists when taking place at or traveling to other locations)
Agreements for Participation in Overnight Camps
Homesickness Protocol & Prevention
Other FAQ’s – Frequently Asked Questions (Most Asked Question: What are bathroom and sleeping arrangements like? Bathrooms are primitive, and we train campers in wilderness hygiene and private outdoor bathing methods as part of their learning experience. We provide camping tents, and campers may have (or bring) their own, or share one with others, depending on pandemic protocols. We recommend you bring your own pillow, sleeping bag and foam pad, although we have extras if needed. Click on packing list above for more details.)
Hygiene protocols will remain the same as last year as long as there’s still little evidence of Covid/Cold/Flu transmission in the outdoors with room to spread out. To start each day, campers must pass our health screening. If there are reports of group participants who came in contact with an infection, we may provide n95 masks to wear when less than 3-6 feet from others. As before the pandemic, we require hand sanitizing when sharing tools and materials, before entering toilets, and we train campers with proper hand washing after campers exit toilet facilities with doors left open between uses to ensure ventilation.
Full vaccinations are strongly encouraged – we follow the scientific consensus – with tetanus shot (usually given as part of the normal Tdap vaccine series) considered the most important in the field of outdoor education. Otherwise, we know that due to our 100% outdoor setting, combined with health screenings, contact tracing, supervised hand washing, bathroom ventilation, mask use when exposure has been reported in a group, and individual/family style tenting at overnight camps, the risk of disease transmission has been negligible at Wolf Camp, so other vaccination records are not required.
Read our FAQ’s for more details and register asap to give yourself or a loved one the gift of camp! Or email us to be put on our our list for this program in the future. We always keep your information absolutely private, and will never share it.